Government

The Obama administration pumps up support for thousands of drinking water systems in the US with about $2B.

A year-old National Institutes of Health policy requiring results of taxpayer-funded research articles to be posted online could be reversed by a bill introduced by Rep. John Conyers, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.

The Executive Branch Personnel Public Financial Disclosure reports themselves are not online, but you can request them.

The bill passed by the House now goes to the Senate, which had previously failed to act on a similar bill passed by the House in 2007.

As of March 31, 2009, the Agriculture Department may keep secret the locations and phone numbers of feedlots — however much the public may complain about their smell and the pollution emanating from them.

The Energy Department is listing state and local grant allocations from the stimulus bill on its website. Find out what your area of coverage is slated to receive in aid.

Restrictions would be placed on many types of stationary diesel and gas-fired engines under a proposed EPA rule.

A new Office of Inspector General report found many chemical facilities storing large amounts of dangerous chemicals had not filed their required RMPs -- and that EPA was not checking often for compliance.

EPA's public release of the latest Toxics Release Inventory data -- and rollback of Bush-era cutbacks on the amount of information chemical companies must report -- may have marked the beginning of a new era for the embattled program.

A new bill would require Congress to explicitly declare when it was creating a new exemption to the Freedom of Information Act in any legislation.